Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe. From €64.53, fastest 16h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe costs €64.53 at the cheapest and takes 16h 23m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,187 km. Cheapest is by coach, fastest is by coach.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,187 km
Fastest
16h 23m
Average
17h 26m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€64.53
CO2 per passenger
32.0 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Coach17h 6m16h 22m44m€73.8832.0 kg5
  • 17h 6mFastest, by Coach
  • €73.88Cheapest, by Coach
  • 32.0 kgLowest CO2, by Coach
  • 1,187 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€64.53
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG158406:3416h 22m22:56Terminal PetrolândiaTerminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe

Door to door 17h 6mCO2 32.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Contagem to Riachão do JacuípeSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Coach€159.68€93.13€117.88€85.98€127.23€121.73€134.93€93.13€82.13€73.88€74.98€106.33€94.78€99.18

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €64.53

Riachão do Jacuípe is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

A room in Riachão do Jacuípe for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €77.7390 days
  2. €50.2360 days
  3. €46.9345 days
  4. €41.4330 days
  5. €66.1821 days
  6. €99.1814 days
  7. €134.937 days
  8. €117.883 days
  9. €159.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 285 percent. The most expensive point is €159.68, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€159.68€41.431371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €93.13Sun
  2. €82.13Mon
  3. €73.88Tue
  4. €76.63Wed
  5. €106.33Thu
  6. €94.78Fri
  7. €99.18Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €117.88Sep
  2. €75.53Oct
  3. €56.28Nov
  4. €63.43Dec
  5. €51.88Jan
  6. €43.63Feb

The route

ContagemContagemRiachão do JacuípeRiachão do Jacuípe
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,187 km against 1,032 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Petrolina, Cristalina, Duque de Caxias, Luziânia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Contagem at 06:34 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Contagem

Bus
  • Terminal Petrolândia
  • Ponto de controle Santa Edwiges

Riachão do Jacuípe

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€64.5316h 23m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest coach fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€55.5086%
Taxes€5.559%
Supplier fees€1.492%
Our service fee€1.993%
Total you pay€64.53100%

We cannot promise Terminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Terminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

The fastest journey from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe takes 16h 23m door to door, of which 16h 22m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 17h 26m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

The cheapest fare from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe is €64.53, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €85.98. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

The cheapest way from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe is by coach, at €73.88 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 17h 6m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

Fares from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €41.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 285 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe, at €73.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe, at €43.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

1 operators sell services from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe across 1 mode: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

20 percent of the services we sell from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe are direct. The rest connect at Petrolina, Cristalina, Duque de Caxias, Luziânia, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe use?

Services from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe by coach leave from Terminal Petrolândia and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário de Riachão do Jacuípe. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Contagem to Riachão do Jacuípe on September 12, 2026: 1187 km of route against 1032 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €64.53, and 16h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Riachão do Jacuípe are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Riachão do Jacuípe and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Riachão do Jacuípe in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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